Jazz
Contemporary/urban jazz flute and vocals, seasoned with r&b and funk.
Sweet funky flute from Ragan Whiteside -- an up and coming player who may well be the 21st Century heir to the 70s grooves of Bobbi Humphrey! The style here has a slightly smooth feel -- a bit like Bobbi's work for the Epic label, instead of Blue Note -- but the grooves are all right on the money, and flow along beautifully with Ragan's sweet leads and solos on flute -- all recorded with enough warm tones and classic elements to remind us of mainstream 70s fusion! There's a bit of vocals in the mix -- again like some of Bobbi's later work -- and the overall approach is perfectly balanced, with less of the smooth jazz elements than you might think -- and much more of a real soul groove overall. |
